A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has arrived at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, at Maitama, ahead of the scheduled arraignment of the embattled lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
The ex-Education Minister was joined in the courtroom by other notable rights activists, including Aisha Yesufu.reports that Senator Natasha is billed to take her plea before trial Justice Chizoba Orji.
The lawmaker entered the court premises, which had been beefed up with armed security operatives, in the company of her husband and lawyers, around 10:27 a.m.
Earlier, the court clerk had informed those waiting inside the courtroom that the judge would commence sitting by 11 a.m.
The Federal Government is prosecuting the lawmaker over an allegation that she made a false claim that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and a former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, were behind a plot to assassinate her.
